Re: Everything DDR3 related.

Posted on 2023-06-26, 12:05

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Lets start with these 2x2GB Samsung 10600U modules. There were actually two of these kits in the untested lot but I have so far only tested one of them. To keep track of this memory kit in case I end up testing more of the exact same kind lets call them #1. Samsung 2x2GB dual rank 10600U E-die …

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Re: Everything DDR3 related.

Posted on 2023-06-26, 09:44

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http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?285767-DDR3-IC-thread xtremesystems.org is my go to forum for information about hardware from 2003 - 2013 or so, it's one of few of the more technical older hardware forums that is still mostly accessible. i4memory.com was a great resource but …

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Re: Everything DDR3 related.

Posted on 2023-06-26, 09:40

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Lets start the testing with this package with 31 "untested" DDR3 modules I bought some months ago. I saw something moderately interesting in the sellers pictures showing the lot and put in the minimum bid without really expecting to win. Surprisingly I ended up winning the lot and the price ended up …

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Re: Everything DDR3 related.

Posted on 2023-06-26, 08:27

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My current test system for DDR3 is based around an Asus Z87-A motherboard with an overclocked i7 4790K CPU running Windows XP SP3. My CPUs memory controller is pretty weak so the results I get will not be anything that is very hard to achieve. The video card used will be a GTX 780 I need to test. I …

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Re: Everything DDR3 related.

Posted on 2023-06-26, 08:27

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The results so far. i7 4790K @4.9. Asus Z87-A. GTX 780. Windows XP SP3. Timings are in the CLx/xx-tRCDx/xx-tRPx/xx-tRASxx-tRFCxx/xxx-CRx format. . When overclocking I stick to (100:133) 1333, 1600, 1866 , 2133 , 2400 and 2666 MHz settings and 1.5V/1.65V and go for the best performing combination of …

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Re: Everything DDR3 related.

Posted on 2023-06-26, 08:27

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Reserved for information about DDR3.

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Everything DDR3 related.

Posted on 2023-06-26, 08:26

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I have noticed that there have been many threads related to DDR3 lately. With more and more people wanting to build Windows XP systems for games that doesn't play nice in Windows 10/11 it's hardly surprising that questions about DDR3 pops up more often . Some people spend a lot of money on what they …

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Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.

Posted on 2023-06-23, 08:03

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Some more benchmarks with the Pentium 4 3.2C . Aida64 Cache & Memory Benchmark plus PhotoWorxx. The Pentium 4 3.2C does well here but so did the 3.0C. P4 3.2C AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark plus PhotoWorxx.JPG P4 4 3.2C + Geforec FX5900U 3dmark2001. I could not be bothered with switching back to …

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Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.

Posted on 2023-06-23, 07:45

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20 years ago today Intel released the Pentium 4 3.2C. The 3200 MHz model of the P4 Northwood lineup is not much faster than the 3000 MHz model and therefor not very exiting and the testing/showcase reflects that by being somewhat of a low effort. . In Cinebench 11.5 the P4 3.2C beats the 3.0C by the …

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Re: Doom 3 timedemo shootout with period correct hardware.

Posted on 2023-06-23, 07:31

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It's nice to see more results added. I have not given up on this project and the new results will be added to the list sooner or later but not in this instant as I'm on a low res screen.

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Re: BIOS update fail GA-586HX

Posted on 2023-06-22, 17:55

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

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I also hotflash in these situations. I have a Socket 7 board with the BIOS socket in a corner for this purpose.

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Re: Via MVP3 cache expansion?

Posted on 2023-06-22, 08:22

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You can add the PC Chips M577 to your MVP3 list. The M577 (as far as I know) always comes with 1MB of cache.

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Re: The frustrations of the GPU market

Posted on 2023-06-05, 08:26

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During a short period late last year I bought a few former mining cards. Before this except for the RTX 3070ti in my main system I had not bought a video card since I bought a new GTX 1650 Super for ~150 euro shortly after it was released ages ago. The Swedish auction site Tradera was really flooded …

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Re: Sempron/Athlon64 - speed classification system

Posted on 2023-06-04, 07:10

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the sempron 3400+ is actually faster than an athlon64 3200+. Nope. First is "Celeron rating", the second - "Pentium rating" Or if you ask AMD the "Duron rating" and the "Athlon (pre XP) rating" that they for some reason saw fit to adjust when the Intel P4 went to 800 MHz FSB and AMD themselves went …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-01, 17:45

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I find the Asus P6T Deluxe V1/V2 to best the best board out of the first generation x58 offerings. It has draw backs but it's a really really solid motherboard and it's totally impossible to kill. P6T V1, probably V2 too, can't drop CPU voltage with overclocking. Infamous ASUS issue back from Core …

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Re: A surprinsigly expensive LGA1336 motherboard. What alternatives are out there.

Posted on 2023-06-01, 16:30

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I find the Asus P6T Deluxe V1/V2 to best the best board out of the first generation x58 offerings. It has drawbacks but it's a really really solid motherboard and it's totally impossible to kill. If you need PCI and run SLI you can not use a video card that is wider than two slots in the first X16 …

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Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.

Posted on 2023-06-01, 15:44

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Just about 20 years old.. 2004, my favorite SFF system: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=67120 That is indeed a very nice system! I have a couple of small form-factor systems my self that probably will be featured in the thread. One is an Asus s478 i865g based system and one is an Aopen s775 …

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Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.

Posted on 2023-06-01, 10:36

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Well it's nice that the chat bots try to contribute to the topic but sometimes I wish that their owners did a better job tweaking their algorithms.

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Re: Computer hardware 20 years ago.

Posted on 2023-05-31, 19:21

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Hardly anyone had such cards at the beginning of 2003. I wonder how Doom 3 works, for example, on a P4 2000(Willamette), 2200/2400(Northwood) with a GF 5200/5500/5600 graphics card. Performance will probably be very poor. I will test slower FX and Radeon cards a bit later when it's otherwise slow …

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Re: Can someone help identify this socket 3 motherboard?

Posted on 2023-05-31, 16:08

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Just don't worry too much about it if (when) the cache turns out to be fake. The motherboard works just fine without cache and those Octek boards with the "DCA" (Direct Cache Architecture) label are usually speedy enough even though they lack cache. Octek sold special (and very expensive) memory …

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